(C2014UN271) Bernardinelli-Bernstein


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Object

Object (C2014UN271) Bernardinelli-Bernstein
Diameter(1) 200 km
Dynamic class(1) comet
Absolute magnitude 7.87
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459400.5
Semi major axis 7335.938703 ± 48.746461 au
Eccentricity 0.998509494 ± 0.000009896
Inclination 95.445766806 ± 0.000021023 °
Longitude of ascending node 189.929042 ± 0.000028 °
Argument of perihelia 326.378097 ± 0.000517 °
Mean anomaly 359.994520 ± 0.000055 °
Orbital period 628335.71 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv6
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv6.txt
bsp file C2014UN271_Bernardinelli-Bernstein_nima_v6.bsp
Date of first observation 2010-11-15
Date of last observation 2023-01-09
Number of observations used in the fit 342
Number of rejected observations 24
Number of DES observations 53
Number of MPC observations 270
Number of unpublished observations 43
RMS of observations 0.508 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv6 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2022-01 0.048 0.030
2022-07 0.037 0.047
2023-01 0.055 0.045
2023-07 0.061 0.058
2024-01 0.070 0.083
2024-07 0.115 0.078
2025-01 0.114 0.138
2025-07 0.215 0.091
2026-01 0.239 0.172

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv6 and JPL4 in right ascension (weighted by cos δ) and in declination.
Gray area represents the 1-σ uncertainty of NIMA ephemeris. Green dots represent the DES observations.